Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, of the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, Artillery Brigade, First Corps, was present at Gettysburg with 114 officers and men, losing 3 killed and 9 wounded and expending 1,050 rounds from 4 guns. On July 1, 1863, it arrived at 12 m, took position and fought between Hagerstown Road and Chambersburg Pike near Willoughby Run, then changed position to the right and swept Oak Hill with its fire, withdrew to the Theological Seminary and fought there until after 4 p.m., and then retired to this position, where it remained until the close of the heavy artillery contest with enemy batteries on Benner's Hill during the afternoon engagement of July 2, when it was relieved by Ricketts' Battery. On July 2 it was engaged on the left center during the final attack and repulse of the enemy. Organized at Mount Jackson, Lawrence County, on April 26, 1861, it entered state service on June 8, 1861, was mustered into U.S. service on June 28, 1861, re-enlisted on January 4, 1864, and was mustered out on June 9, 1865. Its total enrollment was 332; 21 were killed or died of wounds, 52 were wounded, and it expended 11,200 rounds during service. Its engagements from 1861 to 1865 included Dranesville, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Groveton, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh's Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, New Market Cross Roads, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Peterburg (Capture), and Appomattox.

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